Somewhere over the last 145 years, there was a collective, pop-cultural agreement that Swan Lake is ballet. The Nutcracker is ballet, too, but it’s Christmas ballet and is restrained by strict ...
Vladimir Putin's enemies are keeping a close eye on a bird in pointe shoes, because a broadcast of "Swan Lake" may reveal his demise. The ballet—a more-than-century-old staple of our own highbrow ...